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In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire
PETER HELLMAN · The Experiment
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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True crime pairs well with fine wine in this astonishing story of a con man who rides his gift for tasting wine to the highest reaches of society - and then comes crashing downIn Vino Duplicitas marks a new, notorious legend in wine: the story of Rudy Kurniawan, a 20-something Indonesian... |
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Jane Austen, the Secret Radical
Helena Kelly · Knopf
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, illuminating reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen that makes clear how Austen has been misread for the past two centuries and that shows us how she intended her books to be read, revealing, as well, how subversive and daring--how truly radical--a writer she was.... |
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou · Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pages: 289
Format: Paperback
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Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters.Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird... |
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Petty: The Biography
Warren Zanes · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writer and musician who toured with PettyNo one other than Warren Zanes, rocker and writer and friend, could author a book about Tom Petty that is as honest and evocative of Petty's music... |
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss
Anderson Cooper · Harper
Pages: 290
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times Bestseller A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their livesThough Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career... |
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The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney
William J Birnes · Gallery Books
Pages: 601
Format: Print book
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A definitive biography of the iconic actor and Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and his extravagant, sometimes tawdry life, drawing on exclusive interviews, and with those who knew him best, including his heretofore unknown mistress of sixty years."I lived like a rock... |
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God Is in the House: Congressional Testimonies of Faith
Virginia Foxx · Ensign Peak
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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A very inspired and original compilation for this election year, "God Is in the House" is a collection of essays by members of Congress who reflect on their deep faith and how it guides them as legislators. The book was compiled by Representative Virginia Foxx who personally asked... |
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Russian Tattoo: A Memoir
Elena Gorokhova · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of A Mountain of Crumbs, a brilliant and illuminating BookPage portrait of mothers and daughters that reaches from Cold War Russia to modern-day New Jersey to show how the ties that hold you back can also teach you how to start over. Elena Gorokhova moves to the US in her twenties... |
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Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-Torn Syria in a Wheelchair
Nujeen Mustafa · Harper Wave
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Prize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, now tells the inspiring true story of another remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose harrowing journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany... |
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Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises
Lesley M M Blume · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 332
Format: Print book
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The making of Ernest Hemingway's"The Sun Also Rises, " the outsize personalities who inspired it, and the vast changes it wrought on the literary world In the summer of 1925, Ernest Hemingway and a clique of raucous companions traveled to Pamplona, Spain, for the town s infamous... |
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Joe and Marilyn: Legends in Love
C. David Heymann · Atria/Emily Bestler Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Bobby and Jackie comes the riveting, true story of the passionate, volatile relationship between baseball great Joe DiMaggio and Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe.When Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe eloped in January of 1954, they became an international... |
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Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haig · Penguin Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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A runaway bestseller in the UK - Matt Haig's accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt's inspiring account... |
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The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography
Edmund Gordon · Oxford University Press
Pages: 544
Format: Print book
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Widely acknowledged as one of the most important English writers of the last century, Angela Carter's work stands out for its bawdiness and linguistic zest, its hospitality to the fantastical and the absurd, and its extraordinary inventiveness and range.Her life was as vigorously modern... |
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